In Greenville, SC this month, eighty-five people were charged with cockfighting in a raid. One of the pits was as large as a swimming pool. 145 birds were seized. 12 were placed under the care of Greenville County Animal Services.

John G. Boudiette has neglected and harmed over 100 dogs. He left them in filthy conditions in cages that were too small for the animals and some had broken bones. Many had diseases such as Lyme`s and some of the dogs had to be euthanized one of which

WWF hails the efforts of a recent worldwide Interpol operation to curb the illegal trade in traditional medicines containing endangered animal and plant species.
'Given that this crosses many borders, co-ordinating effective efforts to tackle the

A massive force of federal, state and county agents early Tuesday hit an isolated pocket of West Miami-Dade County suspected to be at the center of Miami's black market in horse flesh, an illicit trade exposed by nearly two dozen grisly horse killings.

A Medina County woman who served time in jail for animal cruelty back in 2002 is again facing similar charges, Fox 8 News reports.
Five counts of animal cruelty were filed against Barbara Guillermo, of Seville, after puppies were recently found dead

The morning of July 8, Melinda Merck was up by 3:30. By sunrise, she was processing her first of three remote Missouri crime scenes that day.
Merck, a top forensic veterinarian, flew in from Atlanta to help with the country's largest-ever dogfighting

(DWC) raided a house in Balangoda on a tip off that a three-month old elephant calf was being kept there illegally. when they raided it last morning, they found the elephant chained inside the house with wounds on its ears and abdomen

A Bengal tiger seized last week during a raid on a southwest Missouri kennel has gotten better during her stay at the Dickerson Park Zoo but will be leaving Springfield Wednesday, Dickerson Park Zoo spokeswoman Melinda Arnold said.

The 42-year-old Tijuana native has been the target of both fury and praise since the discovery of 157 canines crammed inside a three-bedroom house he rented in the comfortable middle-class neighborhood of El Mirador. Scenes of filth and overcrowding have

A spokesperson for the Humane Society of the United States tells WITN that two of the puppies taken in the early morning raid have died.
Spokesperson Scotlund Haisley says this should be expected when animals are not well taken care of.